''This is Hope'' (2004) is the third album from Scottish indie band

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. ''This Is Hope'' was inspired by a two-month visit to the United States, ending in

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. One of its songs is about the death of David Kelly and the album also includes a recording of his grandmother. It also contains the single "How 'Bout I Love You More" which reached no. 37 in the UK charts.

Track listing

#"I Am Hope" #"Peculiar" #"How 'bout I Love You More" #"Treescavengers" #"This is the Hebridies" #"Tobermory Zoo" #"Death of a Scientist (A Vision of Man Over Machine 2004)" #"Your Love, My Gain" #"Casanova at the Weekend" #"My Friend the Addict" #"Len" #"In the Next Life (A Requiem)"

References

Mull Historical Society albums 2004 albums {{2000s-indie-pop-album-stub